North Carolina · SOC 51-0000 · Annual, 2025
Production occupations in North Carolina
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 51-0000 in North Carolina, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 320,600 people in North Carolina worked in production occupations (SOC 51-0000), with an average annual wage of $53,170.
Employment in production occupations in North Carolina declined 20.4% from 2004 to 2025. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for North Carolina are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 320,600Employment, 2025
- $53,170Mean annual wage
- 6.5%Share of North Carolina jobs
- 1.17Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 402,800; 2005 396,700; 2006 387,800; 2007 378,600; 2008 362,400; 2009 314,500; 2010 306,600; 2011 310,800; 2012 315,500; 2013 318,200; 2014 324,700; 2015 333,900; 2016 338,100; 2017 336,500; 2018 338,800; 2019 337,300; 2020 314,900; 2021 321,600; 2022 330,900; 2023 327,900; 2024 323,500; 2025 320,600.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 320,580 | $53,170 | 0.9% |
| 2024 | 323,546 | $50,868 | 1.3% |
| 2023 | 327,908 | $48,499 | 0.9% |
| 2022 | 330,932 | $46,353 | 2.9% |
| 2021 | 321,570 | $43,721 | 2.1% |
| 2020 | 314,857 | $41,252 | 6.6% |
| 2019 | 337,254 | $39,260 | 0.5% |
| 2018 | 338,811 | $38,243 | 0.7% |
| 2017 | 336,483 | $37,023 | 0.5% |
| 2016 | 338,123 | $35,657 | 1.3% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
Notes
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Production occupations in North Carolina, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for production occupations in North Carolina. A free account shows every detailed occupation in the group, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.
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